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6. Who tested taste aversion learning with wolves?
- Garcia
- Buss
- Zimbardo
- Freud
7. The Embryo Protection Hypothesis states that....
- The reason they are sick is to protect the baby - sick gets rid of any toxins in the body
- They are sick of pregnancy
- The embryo is protecting the mother
- The embryo is sick too
8. What do we use to test the evolutionary hypothesis instead?
- The behavioural approach
- History
- Knowledge, fossil evidence, teeth, digestive system of skeletons
- Common knowledge and scientific discoveries from previous studies
9. This model suggests we have a homeostatic perception of hunger and satiety
- Feeding centre
- Dual centre model of feeding
- Stress model
- Reproductive system
10. Cummings did a study to show...
- Satiety signals
- Ob mice got fat after taking away leptin
- There was a relationship between production of ghrelin and hunger
- Hypothalamus role in hunger
11. What does the hormone leptin do?
- Satiety centre
- Tells us we are full
- Signal to brain telling you you're full
- Opposite of hunger
12. At what stage does morning sickness occur?
- After you are pregnant
- During pregnancy
- Early stages of pregnancy
- Late stages of pregnancy
13. What is the lateral hypothalamus?
- Signal to brain telling you you're full
- Satiety centre
- Feeding centre
- A structural change or injury
14. What is the evolutionary hypothesis' disadvantages?
- Doesn't support psychology being a science
- It's wrong
- We can't test history as it's already happened and ignores social, cultural and behavioural factors
- It's bad for the environment
15. As more fat is produced...
- The ventromedial hypothalamus stops working
- More leptin is produced and the hypothalamus is stimulated to reduce food intake
- Less leptin is produced and the ventromedial hypothalamus works
- The bigger weight you become
16. What is food neophobia?
- Sleeping with food
- Afraid of food
- Fear of the new - not wanting to try new food
- Allergic to food
17. What role does the hypothalamus play in eating?
- Signal to brain telling you you're full
- Feeding centre
- Regulates homeostasis and acts like a thermostat to hunger in starting/stopping eating behaviour
- Satiety centre
18. What was it likely that those who were good at acquiring skills to kill and get food would have?
- Increased survival and reproductive success with power and esteem in the pack
- Get married quicker
- They would be fatter than those who didn't
- They weren't able to get a lady
19. What is taste aversion learning?
- Eating too little
- A food making us sick and avoiding it in future
- Eating too much
- Crying when eating
20. As food leaves the stomach a hormone called CCK is released. What does this do?
- Induces satiety and can also act as a hunger suppressant (opposite of ghrelin)
- Acts like the lateral hypothalamus
- Feeding centre
- Makes you hungry